https://doi.org/10.1140/epjh/s13129-021-00026-5
Regular Article
The early years of quantum Monte Carlo (2): finite-temperature simulations
Physics Department, ULB, Brussels, Belgium
Received:
5
March
2021
Accepted:
4
August
2021
Published online:
14
September
2021
In this article, we present the second part of our historical survey on quantum Monte Carlo methods. We focus on the simulations performed at a finite temperature and based on Feynman’s path-integral formulation of quantum mechanics. We introduce the method and insist on the central role played by the description of the transition to superfluidity for Helium 4.
M. Mareschal: Retired.
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